Man given life with 42-year minimum for west London double murder

A man was sentenced on Friday to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 42 years after being convicted of killing two men in their west London home and leaving their dismembered remains in suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. At Woolwich Crown Court, 35-year-old Yostin Andres Mosquera was ordered to serve the term for the July 8, 2024 murders of civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71. He was also given a concurrent 16-month term after admitting possession of large numbers of indecent images of children.

Jurors found Mosquera unanimously guilty earlier this year of both murders. Prosecutors said he decapitated and dismembered the couple at their flat in Scotts Road, Shepherds Bush, and froze portions of the remains before transporting other parts in suitcases to the bridge in Bristol. Court evidence included video footage of the attack on Mr Alfonso and computer records showing searches made on the day of the killings for phrases such as where on the head is a knock fatal and for various types of freezers. The footage played to the jury showed Mosquera asking at one point, "Do you like it?"

Prosecutors said Mosquera, who had been staying with the...